women_of_note_in_greek_myth
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Penthesilea
is the Queen of the Amazons. She is the daughter of Ares, god of war, and Ortrera. Her sisters are Hippolyta, Melanippe, and Antiope. Wiki Link
She appears in the Aethiopis (600 BCE?), Virgil's Aenid (29-19 BCE), and Kleist's adaptation (1808 CE).
Artemis
God of the hunt, wilderness, childbirth, and chastity. She is the god of the Amazons in Greek Mythology. She is the twin sister of Apollo. She is usually depicted as an extraordinary archer.
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